Frank B. Thompson
2014
This is a fictional account of events leading up to the violent overthrow of today’s liberal media institutions. The novel is not written from the perspective of the messengers, but the real reasons for the media’s behavior and one sidedness: the puppet masters, those at the top who are really calling the shots. The Brian Williams(s), the Diane Sawyer(s), the Walter Cronkite(s); those are, or were, simply the mouthpieces, the talking heads, the emissaries, the window dressing, the lipstick for the otherwise ugly pig those at the top had turned into roses for millions of Americans over the past century. The publishers, the CEOs, those lurking behind the scenes, hidden from view, not noticed by the public, but making damn sure their ideas, theories and beliefs become a permanent part of Americana. For what purpose? Power...power to influence elections, power to put like-minded minions into public office, the power to cover up the truth, or make certain the truth never saw the light of day. Power to safeguard those they consider friendly, those they consider allies, those who will do their bidding...all without being seen...a good thing if you were a hardcore-leftist in a country dominated by traditionalists. News enterprises have always represented the convictions of the owner, the publisher. You might not think it possible, but the most liberal of rags, The New York Times, was once a conservative newspaper! I know... it is hard to believe. How is that possible? Because, history has shown that if a publisher were a conservative (like the original founder of The New York Times) chances were good the news being reported by that paper would be conservative, too! Makes perfect sense, right? Sure it does. If I owned a paper the last thing I’d want running were poof pieces on all the shenanigans going on in Washington these days. So, things were hunky-dory, because Americans had choices. If a person were a progressive they could go out and buy a liberal rag. The same was tr
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